Friends of the Plaza meet to plot demise of law office

Mayoral candidate Jim Rowland went to Unity Temple on Tuesday to court favor with and instruct the Don’t Mess With the Plaza crowd.

Rowland encouraged opponents of the proposal to plop an 8-story office building on one of the Country Club Plaza’s original blocks to bombard the city council with phone calls and e-mails. A former councilman, Rowland knows something about the power a full voice mail box has on elected officials. “Just raw, unabashed politics — and that’s the way you can win,” he said.